Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true concerning the use of medicine to treat a mental disorder?
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14. Psychological Disorders
Diagnosing Psychological Disorders
Multiple Choice
Which scenario is most closely related to the results of the 1973 Rosenhan study?
A
A hospital implements a new screening tool that successfully reduces the number of false positive diagnoses for depression.
B
A patient with bipolar disorder receives medication and shows significant improvement in mood and functioning.
C
A psychiatrist accurately diagnoses a patient with schizophrenia based on a thorough clinical interview and medical history.
D
A group of healthy individuals are admitted to a psychiatric hospital after feigning symptoms and are subsequently treated as if they have a mental disorder.
Verified step by step guidance1
Step 1: Understand the context of the 1973 Rosenhan study, which investigated the validity of psychiatric diagnoses by having healthy individuals feign symptoms to gain admission to psychiatric hospitals.
Step 2: Recognize that the key finding of the Rosenhan study was that once labeled with a psychiatric diagnosis, the pseudopatients were treated as mentally ill despite behaving normally, highlighting issues with diagnostic reliability and the impact of labeling.
Step 3: Analyze each scenario to see which one reflects the core theme of the Rosenhan study—misdiagnosis and the consequences of psychiatric labeling rather than accurate diagnosis or treatment.
Step 4: Identify that the scenario involving healthy individuals admitted after feigning symptoms and then treated as mentally ill directly parallels the Rosenhan study's methodology and findings.
Step 5: Conclude that this scenario best illustrates the study's implications about the challenges in psychiatric diagnosis and the potential for mislabeling patients.
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